1897.] G. Kmg'-MaieriHlsfor a irima of the MttJayan Penxnsulfi. 299 
styles 2, subulate, pei-Biatent^ the flfcigmas simple. Onpmle small, coriace- 
one, 2-celled, septicidftlij 2-vaWed,*tlie valves boat-slmped, few- or many- 
seeded. Seeii^ oblong, reniform or eub;!Tlobosa ; tlie festa niombmuaas, 
often hairy. Bunhnjo terete, in tbe axis^ or towards the apex, of the 
fiesliy albumen. DtSTRiB. Species about 80; Malayan, Mascarene, 
AuBtralaeian, and American. 
WsiNMAKNrA BtUMEi, Plancin in Hook. Lond. Joum. Bot. Vol 6, 
(18i7), p. 470. A small tree; young branches witli sparse blaek atiff 
hfiii'S and many Icnticels. Stipules obovate-i"Otund, adprepsed-pubescent, 
'2 in. in diam. Leaves 2-3'^ in. long, pinnate; leaflets 9-11, opposite, 
sessile, narrowly oblong-lanceolate with acute apices and filig;liLiy 
narrowed and oblique bases, their edges remotely glandular-serrate, 
the upper aui-faces glabi-oua, the lower glabrous but foraveiyfew 
Bcatfered black hairs ; main Tiervesj5 or 7 pairs, dark-cotoni-ed ; length 
*75-l in., the terminal one longer, breadth '2-'3 in. Bacevirs cluRtered 
at tbe apices of the branches, about m hmg aa the leaves, pnberulons, 
many 'flowered. Flowers less than \ in. long, their pedicels ehoi-ter. 
Capsules narrowly olliptic, glaberulous, crowned by the 2 divergent styles. 
Sf-eth elongated, very comose at one end, leas so at tlie other. Miq. 
FL lud. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 1, 718. Spii-ie^ pmuata, Blume, Cat. Horfc. Bot. 
Bogor, /^nw^rfta jJi«"rt^£i, Blume Bijdr., 868. 
M;iT.ACCA ; on Mount Ophir, QrifUh. Perak; on Grnnong Bnbu, at 
an elevation of 5000 feet, Wrmj 3814; on Gunoug Idjau at 5000 feet, 
Scoriechhii 446 i 
3. PoLTOSMA, Blume. 
Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves opposite or stibopposito, 
petioled, acute or acuminate. Flowers m terminal racemes (in some 
nou-Iiidian species solitary) 3-bracteolate. Calyx-tuhe entirely ad n ate 
to the ovary ; lobes 4, small, persistent. Petals 4, epigynous, linear, 
valvate, white, yellowish or greenish, mach recurved when expanded, 
fugacions, usiiallj haii-y within. Sftirtimts 4s, epigynous, filaments Imirj. 
Ovary inferior, l-c<alled ; stylo columnar, stigma simple ; ovules namer- 
Otis, ascending, on two parietal placentas which project considerably 
into the cavity of the ovary. Fndt sab-baccate, 1 -seeded. Seed 
ascendinff, suhbasiil. Distrid. Species 18; Malayan, British Indian and 
tropical A astral asian. 
LoavGH quite glabroaa on both sarffljcea : — 
Leaves abarply siniiate-deiitabB, mernbranouH ; flowers '2 in. 
long ... ... 1- P. parvijlora, 
IjfiuvnB qmte entire, coriRCeotis, flowers *3 or '35 in. long : — 
Leavofl olliptic to elJiptic-rotund, or obovate ; c«lyi 
etrigosd ... ... ><• ,„ 2, P. coriacM, 
